From 1851 to 1854, he served as a
horticultural apprentice at the Harrachschen Garten in
Aschach, followed by work as an assistant-gardener at the
Schönbrunn Garden in
Vienna. In 1857 he moved to
Salzburg, where for several years he served as a clerk at police headquarters. From 1863 to 1868 he worked as an amanuensis at the Studienbibliothek in
Klagenfurt. Afterwards, he was associated with the Kärntner Landesmuseum (
Carinthian national history museum) in Klagenfurt.[1][2]
From 1873 to 1886, he was editor of the Kärntner Gartenzeitung,[2] and for several years was an assistant editor of the Klagenfurter Zeitung (1872-1882). In 1882 he donated his
herbarium to the Kärntner Landesmuseum.[1]
Publications
Aufzählung der auf einem Ausfluge nach Heiligenblut im August 1861 gesammelten Laubmoose : mit einer kurzen Schilderung der dortigen Vegetationsverhältnisse, 1862 - Enumeration of
mosses collected on an excursion to
Heiligenblut in August 1861.
Neue Funde von Tertiärpflanzen aus den Braunkohlenmergeln von Liescha, 1873 - New findings of
Tertiary flora from the
lignitemarls of Liescha.
Beiträge zur Miocänflora von Liescha, 1878 - Contributions involving
Miocene flora of Liescha.
Systematische Aufzählung der in Kärnten wildwachsenden Gefässpflanzen, 1881 (with
David Pacher); Series: Flora von Kärnten by D. Pacher and
Markus von Jabornegg. - Systematic enumeration of plants native to Carinthia.
Verzeichniss der in Kärnten volksthümlichen deutschen Pflanzennamen, 1887.[3]